The purpose of this blog is to document my adventures in homebrewing, mainly so I can learn from my mistakes. I'm posting it online so others can learn from my mistakes too. (I make a lot of them). Now with comments on articles about beer and home brewing and the occasional beer review, as well as all of my home brew recipes.

Monday, February 21, 2011

OK, Señor Brew™ was way off in his Super Bowl prediction, but the sweet stout he brewed was a huge improvement over last years batch, and a major hit at this year's Super Bowl party. So without further ado, here is the new and improved recipe:

(I don't remember if I mentioned in a previous post, but this was a split batch--I used the first runnings for a barleywine, and added the dark grains and used the second and third runnings for the stout--so you really get two recipes in one here).

Sugars were added 15 minutes before end of boil
Lactose for Stout
Turbinado for Barley Wine

Stout
O.G. 1.055
F.G. 1.021
abv 4.6%

Barley Wine
O.G. 1.094
F.G. ??? (It's still in primary)
abv ???

Posting this, I think it's time to draw a sample of the barley wine to taste and measure the F.G. I should also look up the alpha acid percentages for the hops. Stay tuned for further updates. And yes, as a Bears fan, Señor Brew™ hated to post a photo of the Packers celebrating their win, but what can you do?

The stout turned out excellent. Best Cream Stout I've ever brewed. I have it entered in two competitions right now, we'll see how it scores. It may be getting a little long in the tooth to win though, I brewed it 4 months ago.